Foxborough High School's class of 2015 is building a memorial garden to honor a classmate who died last year from complications of a rare genetic disease. Sam Berns, who had progeria, a disease marked ...

Sam Berns, the 17-year-old Massachusetts high school student whose life with the rare illness progeria was the subject of the documentary “Life According to Sam,” died on Friday, The New York Times ...

(CNN) — Saturday night could have been a moment for Sam Berns to celebrate — standing in the middle of Gillette Stadium, flanked by some of his beloved New England Patriots, and no doubt cheered ...

A teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process inspired professional athletes and spurred medical research was honored at his funeral on Tuesday. Hundreds of ...

A Massachusetts community is coming together Tuesday to remember a young man who changed many lives just by facing his own health battle with so much courage.A funeral for 17-year-old Sam Berns is ...

Sam Berns, a remarkable young man from Foxborough, Massachusetts, died last week from complications associated with progeria, a rare disease characterized by accelerated aging. Sam was a junior at ...

Sam Berns—a Foxborough High School student who succumbed to the rapid aging disease Progeria in 2014—was a fixture in the Boston sports world. Now, two years after his passing, the community he loved ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Saturday night could ...